Fees & Profit

Amazon takes its cut in about seven places, and almost none of them appear on the same screen. This section works through referral fees, FBA fulfilment and size tiers, monthly and long-term storage, aged inventory surcharges, inbound placement and low-inventory charges, returns processing and reimbursements you have to claim yourself. The aim is simple: to let you work out what a unit really earns before you buy a pallet of it, and to show where margin quietly disappears in an account that looks healthy on the surface.